The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Long ago, a mythic battle between good and evil

played out in ancient China.

The country was torn by civil war,

with many kingdoms struggling for land and power.

But one king had a ruthless ambition to make himself emperor by the sword.

Leave me.

Prepare for war!

The other rulers hired assassins to kill the King

before he could conquer them all.

Stop! I am not harmed.

We attack tonight!

Kingdom by kingdom, his army swept away everything in its path,

and anyone who resisted met a terrible fate.

The country was his.

He was now Emperor of All Under Heaven.

He enslaved his conquered enemies and forced them to build his Great Wall.

When they were dead or useless, he had them buried beneath it.

The Emperor's mystics taught him mastery over the five elements,

fire, water, earth, wood and metal.

His power seemed without limit.

He was master of millions,

but like the lowliest peasant, he could not stop growing old.

I have too much to do for one lifetime.

He needed to defeat his last enemy, death itself

One day, news came of a powerful witch

who was rumored to know the secret to eternal life.

He ordered General Ming, his oldest friend and trusted ally, to find her.

The witch was named Zi Yuan,

and she was nothing like the General expected.

Your Majesty...

Rise up.

I do not possess the secret of immortality, my Lord...

...but I know where to find it.

General...

No man is to touch her.

She is mine.

On the western border stood the Monastery of Turf an.

There was housed the greatest library in the ancient world,

and Zi Yuan was sure the secret to eternal life was here.

This is a key.

It was the long lost oracle bones,

a collection of all the mystical secrets of the ancient world.

The Emperor's answer was here along with other magic beyond imagining.

You have served me well.

I will grant you anything you desire.

I want to spend my life with General Ming.

Of course.

Read.

She cast the spell in Sanskrit,

an ancient language that the Emperor did not understand.

I feel your spell working.

I am now immortal.

Come, I want to show you something.

Become my queen and I will let him live.

Do what he says! Save yourself!

You will never keep your word.

You are right.

Now, join General Ming in hell.

What did you do to me?

I cursed you and your army.

Surround the Palace!

The Emperor is in trouble!

The curse must never be lifted,

or the Emperor will rise again to enslave all of mankind.

On that dark day, there will be nothing and no one to save us.

You can run, but you can't hide.

One o'clock.

OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

Ten o'clock, one o'clock. Ten o'clock, one...

And this is something for grown men to do?

Come on.

Bite on this.

Evy, I'm home!

Mrs. O'Connell is at her book reading, sir. She'll be home for dinner.

Oh, right. Well, that's great, 'cause we're having fish.

You didn't think I'd catch anything, did you?

I had the utmost confidence, sir.

There's a hook in your neck, sir. Shall I fetch the wire cutters?

Fall back! Follow me! Move! Move! Move! Move!

"Now safely aboard the airship with the mummy finally vanquished,

LONDON

"Dash swept Scarlet into his arms.

"'Oh, God, Scarlet, I thought I'd lost you.' 'For a moment there, you did.'

"Bathed in rays of golden sunlight,

"our heroes sealed their reunion with a kiss of timeless passion,

"their love deeper and truer than ever."

Mrs. O'Connell, we're all dying to know,

is the Scarlet O'Keefe character really based on you?

Honestly, I can say she's a completely different person.

- Any more questions? - Mrs. O'Connell...

Mrs. O'Connell, is your life today as exciting as it was before the war?

I wish my life were that exciting now.

Will there be another book in the series?

Do you believe in happy endings?

Isn't this blissful?

Dinner at home.

- Every night. - Every night.

- Here's to retirement. - May we stay this happy forever.

Still no letter from Alex. I've sent him three in the last month.

Yeah, well, what do you expect?

The only time we ever hear from that kid

is when he's getting kicked out of college or he needs more money.

I'm sure he's just buried in his studies.

- So, how did your book reading go? - Oh, fine. Thank you.

Until they asked me, "When will there be another Mummy adventure?"

Yeah, but you did promise the publisher a third book.

I know.

But I spend my nights staring at a blank page, completely blocked.

We could skip dinner, and I could

attempt to inspire you upstairs.

Oh, that's so sweet of you, darling.

But I'm going to sit at that typewriter until something exciting comes out.

Thank you.

Trout. How lovely!

I'm so happy you found a hobby that doesn't involve guns.

NINGXIA PROVINCE, CHINA

Don't worry, we'll find the entrance today.

Li Tung, what's for lunch?

Noodle soup.

Very good.

Good. Wilson's back.

You're a couple days late, Professor.

I was beginning to think you'd run into bandits.

Oh, my dear fellow, thank you for the concern.

- Are you thirsty? - Oh, yes, please.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

You know, when I saw you standing up there,

I thought I was looking at your father.

You really are Rick O'Connell's son.

Yeah, well, hopefully after today, he'll be known as Alex O'Connell's father.

What a powerful face!

When I told my colleagues at the museum that you had discovered the Colossus,

they were thrilled.

- Yes, however... - I know.

When am I gonna get in that tomb?

Don't let the buggers get you down.

It was you that discovered the Bembridge journal,

and with it, you'll discover the Emperor.

- I have complete faith in you, Alex. - Thank you, Professor.

Thanks for believing in me.

We found it! We found the door!

Bad Mummy.

Yeah.

Vile Mummy?

No. Cursed Mummy!

Mysterious Mummy.

Malignant Mummy.

Prepare to die!

Take that!

Rick!

Darling, where are you?

I'm ready to be inspired.

Do you remember the time the mummy had me tied down?

And you came to save me and you cut...

No! You tore open the ropes is what you did,

just as he was about to plunge his...

Oh, rats.

Watch out!

- Emperor didn't want any houseguests. - Yeah.

Stay together.

Sir Colin Bembridge.

Oh, gee...

He went searching for this tomb 70 years ago.

They left him like this as a warning.

Unfortunately, this is not the dead man that's gonna make us famous.

Let's keep moving.

Look at it, Alex.

Look at it!

Chu Wah!

- Chu Wah. - No, no, don't, don't, don't.

Alex, Alex, they're dead! Come on.

This kind of danger goes with the territory. You know that better than anyone.

Alex!

- Yes? - Okay.

- Yes? - Yeah.

All right, good chap. Okay. Good chap. Oh, Jesus.

All the warriors are facing in to this point,

- as if awaiting an order from the Emperor. - Well, then, where is he?

Listen, you don't think some bloody grave robber's beaten us to the prize, do you?

No, he's still here.

You see, this is a feng shui compass.

Okay. Now. This...

Okay, this is true north,

but the feng shui compass is set in the opposite direction.

- All right, we need to realign it. - All right.

- All right, here we go. - All right.

Alex! Alex, speak to me!

Are you all right?

- Alex! - I'm fine.

Tell me, have we found the Emperor?

Alex!

What is it?

It's only the greatest find since King Tut!

"If he is awakened, all mortals should despair."

It's definitely him!

Even had his concubines buried alive with him.

Selfish bastard.

Hey, Professor Wilson, you want to come down and take a look?

Or are you so overwhelmed you can't talk?

Wilson!